Every day the world has to wade through the garbage of the boasts coming from the US government, the Iraqi government, the British government and the Canadian government about how many strikes they did and how many terrorists they killed.

But when it's factually documented that civilians were killed?

No one wants to step forward.

Come on, big guys, don't be so shy.

15 deaths you can brag about.

Who's going to take credit?

The reality is and has always been, they're dropping bombs from the sky, they don't know how many they're killing and they don't know who these people are.

But these 'meaningless people' killed?

They do have meaning.

Their families and their friends know when they're killed and the western press can look the other way all it wants, the reality is that this breeds anger, resentment and, yes, violence.

It's not a 'smart' plan.

But Barack has no plan.

Supposedly, in the new year, early spring, a new 'plan' will be implemented.

Apparently, until then the same accomplish nothing actions will continue.

News of the assassination attempt on an Iraqi military base comes two days after the US government announced that F-16 training for Iraqis would no longer take place in Iraq but instead in Arizona. Gareth Jennings (Jane's Defence Weekly) explains, "Iraq has ordered 36 F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft in all, the first of which
were due to be delivered to Balad Airbase earlier this year. However,
the deteriorating security situation on the ground meant that the DoD
had to evacuate its contractors at the base, and postpone handing over
the jets."

The following community sites -- plus Susan's On the Edge, Jody Watley, The Diane Rehm Show, The Pacifica Evening News and Antiwar.com -- updated:

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